Q&A: 'Hot hand' in sports is real, but there's a catch
Fans and players both feel it in the gut when the "hot hand" shows up in sports. Something special is happening that can't be explained. Cross your fingers the streak continues.
Fans and players both feel it in the gut when the "hot hand" shows up in sports. Something special is happening that can't be explained. Cross your fingers the streak continues.
Economics & Business
Nov 6, 2023
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There have been queer players for as long as people have been playing computer games. But this has not been reflected in the characters that appear in the games.
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2023
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To understand how driverless vehicles can navigate the complexities of the road, researchers often use game theory—mathematical models representing the way rational agents behave strategically to meet their goals.
Mathematics
Mar 14, 2023
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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Plön show that reputation plays a key role in determining which rewarding policies people adopt. Using game theory, they explain why individuals learn to use rewards to specifically ...
Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2022
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Women working in the gaming industry feel required to imitate stereotypically masculine personality traits if they want to gain recognition in gaming communities, reveals new research from Aalto University School of Business ...
Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2022
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Computer games are an effective way to teach ecological issues and build pro-environment policy support, according to published research by an interdisciplinary group of Penn State scholars.
Environment
Oct 12, 2022
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Way before COVID, in 2005 the World of Warcraft game developers accidentally introduced an extremely virulent highly contagious disease into this game which then spread to infect the whole fantasy world and caused a virtual ...
Other
Aug 23, 2022
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A team of Russian researchers affiliated with the HSE University, RANEPA, and NES has found professional athletes to perform better against their former clubs. At least in some circumstances, emotions seem to have a greater ...
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2022
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Allowing fights among players in the National Hockey Leagues does not deter greater violence in the modern game, according to a new study.
Social Sciences
Jun 22, 2022
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A Bournemouth University (BU) research project exploring university students' experiences of loot boxes in video games has found that more support and regulations are needed to prevent risks and behavior such as negative ...
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2022
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